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En studie av tidigneolitisk bebyggelse i Sydskandinavien och på de brittiska öarna
Early NeolithicSouthern ScandinaviaThe British IslesNeolitisationSettlement structuresTidigneolitikumSydskandinavienBrittiska öarnaNeolitiseringBoplatsstrukturer
One of the most discussed archaeological subjects is the neolitisation, and the start of a neolithic lifestyle which is characterized by several significant events. The traditional view has been that settled people were cultivating and breeding, but this picture has been questioned and changed in later years. The development is principally based on two models; that already neolithic people immigrated and took over, or that the new lifestyle gradually developed out of the existing cultures. Southern Scandinavia was characterized by a settlement pattern with permanent settlements which were complemented by temporary special settlements, but in time more domestic settlements originated. On the British Isles the settlements didn´t consist of permanent agricultural settlements but instead did the people here move freely between several short term settlements.